The Spore Supersite
Soon to come : Spore Profiles
EA CEO AND CHIEF PLAY SPORE
EA CEO John Riccitiello and EA Games Chief Frank Gibeau have confirmed that Spore will be available roughly between March, April or May. Also confirmed is that they both have access to a copy of the game and have been playing it a great deal. Here's a snippet of the interview:
“(EA Games chief) Frank (Gibeau) and I are both dying to take the question because we’re both playing and enjoying the product a great deal, so I would say the great news is what we’ve got now is coming together as one of those break-through products that might come across the industry every three, five, seven years,” Riccitiello said.
“We could not be more bullish about the potential for the franchise than we are right now. Right now, as we mentioned in our call the last time, it is sort of squarely targeting against March, April, May of next year. Intellectual properties like this and games like these are so large and so complex that we chose not to put in our fiscal year guidance because these days are pretty hard to predict, and the outcomes can be volatile. We will make the choice of shipping a better game than an on-time game given the high potential for this franchise, so our best guess right now is Q1 of next fiscal, but we’re not actually providing guidance for next fiscal at this point.”
For the original source click here.
More news coming your way in a few days.
“(EA Games chief) Frank (Gibeau) and I are both dying to take the question because we’re both playing and enjoying the product a great deal, so I would say the great news is what we’ve got now is coming together as one of those break-through products that might come across the industry every three, five, seven years,” Riccitiello said.
55k0 - Apr 10, 2008 05:01 PM
september 7 2008 here i come (i actually have a time machine and i am not kidding :-)
LePedro - Aug 21, 2007 04:59 PM
Good. Now I can destroy his voodoo doll :P
CoconutMushrom - Aug 15, 2007 03:36 AM
He probably has stupid creations; mine will be kooler,HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA i am kool.
Must_have_spore - Aug 13, 2007 03:26 PM
STEAL THE COPY STEAL THE COPY STEAL THE COPY!
sunshine - Aug 10, 2007 09:35 AM
someone should pretend to be a journal with a fake id XD ^_^ XD
spore midget - Aug 07, 2007 11:45 AM
i agree, steal the copy! come on chant with me:steal the copy! steal the copy!
Leester541 - Aug 06, 2007 11:19 PM
We should kill him steal his version copy it and distribute it across the internet!!!!.....Or am i the only one who feels that way :P
Diamond dragon - Aug 06, 2007 09:25 PM
i wish there was a movie of this
xCrypto - Aug 05, 2007 03:33 PM
Finally it has been confrimed but who knows they may put it out sooner :D.
sikgamer - Aug 05, 2007 06:23 AM
Actually, the delay was said to be around March 08, this is just confirming it.
RaptorCam - Aug 05, 2007 03:09 AM
This is good news. Notice how once he played it, the release went from sometime next year to March, April, or May? He must have had doubts before.
fetus - Aug 04, 2007 10:11 PM
EVERYONE HERE IS A BIG NERD WITH NO LIFE
fetus - Aug 04, 2007 10:11 PM
did i make u made?
fetus - Aug 04, 2007 10:11 PM
did i make u made?
sikgamer - Aug 04, 2007 06:18 AM
The publishment of Spore does. Without this "nub", Spore wouldn't get sold to the public, you moron.
fetus - Aug 03, 2007 05:58 PM
lol who cares if this nub plays spore
sikgamer - Aug 03, 2007 03:38 PM
EA CEO: Hey, lets have a go on money, ermm, I mean spore.
sikgamer - Aug 03, 2007 03:38 PM
EA CEO: Hey, lets have a go on money, ermm, I mean spore.
Apeiron - Aug 03, 2007 01:32 PM
Err, I mean March/April/May is late Q2 early Q3.
Apeiron - Aug 03, 2007 01:31 PM
Did anyone else notice that he said "so our best guess right now is Q1 of next fiscal" ? That would put it Q4 of this calender year, as March/April/May is Q2 of the fiscal year, wonder if it was just a typo or he himself got mixed up.
hawkeye - Aug 03, 2007 12:01 PM
Well theres the Lipazig conference on the 20 to 22 and Spore will be presenting so we should get so more info
TebTeb - Aug 03, 2007 09:51 AM
About time we got a more promising release date.
xHarrold251 - Aug 03, 2007 07:17 AM
"but we’re not actually providing guidance for next fiscal at this point." so basicaly it could be out earlier than the next fiscal year. Or later. Bbut thats what their hoping for. This is great news. A semi-realieble realese date. March April or May. Yay
jomigc - Aug 03, 2007 05:05 AM
he said that they would rather release a "better game" than an "on-time game". So if Spore is finished before March, then they might release it earlier. The CEO just assumed that Spore will be finished in March, April, or May. Maxis, hurry up!!!!
grayworks - Aug 03, 2007 03:24 AM
Thats an awesome pic dream. Way better than mine.
Immortal D - Aug 03, 2007 12:19 AM
The last potential date I heard was simply 'April', so this is quite promising.
xDreamache - Aug 02, 2007 11:18 PM
Digg it guys: http://digg.com/gaming_news/EA_CEO_and_Chief_Play_Spore
Gizmo 8_8 - Aug 02, 2007 10:58 PM
I just hope his guess is not wrong.......
hawkeye - Aug 02, 2007 10:43 PM
cool
Master of evolution - Aug 02, 2007 10:27 PM
But that is just a guessing...
grayworks - Aug 02, 2007 10:14 PM
For more information on upcoming events, please check my posts in the 'Spore Library'
no name - Aug 02, 2007 10:07 PM
"Spore will be available roughly between March, April or May" :D
32 Comments